Surf these sites: Dade County, GA GenWeb -- Dade County lies in the extreme northwest corner of Georgia. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north and Alabama to the west. Dade County was formed in 1837 from the western portion of Walker County. It was named after Major Francis Langhorne Dade who was killed in an ambush during the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1835. The county seat is Trenton. Dade County, Georgia, History, Resources, Links, and Events -- Established in 1837. Named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, Infantry, who was killed with 109 men in an ambush known as the "Dade Massacre", by Seminole Indian chiefs Micanope and Jumper, December 28, 1835. In the northwest corner of the state, Dade was not directly connected to Georgia until 1939, when the state purchased Cloudland Canyon.
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